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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

ruddic

; cf. W.

rhuddog

the redbreast. √113. See

Noun.

]

[Written also

raddock

(Zool.)

The European robin.

“The tame ruddock and the coward kite.”

Chaucer.

A piece of gold money; – probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also

red ruddock

, and

golden ruddock

[Obs.]

Great pieces of gold . . . red

ruddocks

Florio.

Noun.

[from red, ruddy, which see.] A bird, the red-breast.